JOPLIN, Mo. -- Joplin High School juniors and seniors will attend school at a city mall beginning next fall. The tornado on May 22 destroyed the high school building and two elementary schools and the school district is scrambling to find alternatives sites before the school year starts Aug. 17.
The Joplin Board of Education on Thursday approved a plan for juniors and seniors to attend school at Northpark Mall. The district also announced alternative sites for other schools damaged or destroyed by the tornado. Assistant superintendent Angie Besendorfer says the arrangement could last longer than the next school year.
Superintendent C.J. Huff says three architecture firms and two construction companies are hired to prepare the buildings.
The Joplin School District has its summer classes schedule and tornado recovery information online.
